European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel has called for central banks to move their own money onto distributed ledgers, arguing that blockchain and smart contracts could fundamentally modernise monetary-policy implementation and financial-market settlement. Speaking at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on August 28, Schnabel said central banks should “go on-chain” as tokenisation
Vietnam will bring a new cryptocurrency enforcement regime into effect on September 1, establishing fines for unlicensed exchanges, improper token issuance and compliance failures as the country moves toward launching its first formally regulated digital-asset trading platforms. Decree No. 284/2026/ND-CP, issued by the government on July 16, creates administrative penalties supporting Vietnam’s five-year crypto asset
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ether and Tether’s USDT as collateral for conventional loans as the country moves cryptocurrency trading and custody into a regulated financial-market framework. Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of Sberbank’s management board, disclosed the plans in an August 28 interview with Russian state news agency TASS ahead of the
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao believes Bitcoin could surpass gold in market value during the next major cryptocurrency bull cycle, making one of his strongest predictions yet about Bitcoin’s eventual role as a global reserve asset. Speaking at Bitcoin Asia 2026 in Hong Kong on August 27, Zhao said he expects Bitcoin to become more
Why Did The Trump Digital GOLD Token Collapse? Real Trump Coins has denied launching or authorizing the Trump Digital GOLD token after the Solana-based cryptocurrency was promoted through its online presence and then collapsed following heavy selling by wallets linked to the launch.The Real Trump Coins X account promoted GOLD on Saturday and directed users
How Did The Rain Solana Card Exploit Affect Tria Users? Crypto finance platform Tria has reimbursed 636 users who lost a combined $431,945 from card balances after a vulnerability in card issuer Rain’s Solana infrastructure allowed unauthorized withdrawals.Tria said every affected customer received a full refund plus an additional 10%. If applied directly to the
What Did Polygon Fix in the Austin and Kyoto Hard Forks? Polygon has disclosed a series of previously private security vulnerabilities affecting its proof-of-stake network after fixes were deployed through two coordinated hard forks.The vulnerabilities affected Polygon’s Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion and weaknesses involving checkpoint and milestone processing.
How Did The Cosmos EVM Exploit Work? Attackers exploited a critical flaw in shared Cosmos software across six blockchains between Aug. 20 and Aug. 25, converting stolen tokens into about $5.7 million of other assets and exposing weaknesses in how security fixes were communicated to networks using Cosmos EVM.Cosmos Labs said approximately $2.87 million of
Why Did Fogo Halt Its Blockchain? Layer 1 blockchain Fogo halted its mainnet on Saturday after an attacker obtained 400 million FOGO tokens, escalating its response roughly 15 hours after the Fogo Foundation initially said the underlying network was unaffected by the security incident.The affected tokens represented about 4% of FOGO’s 10 billion-token genesis supply
Are Early Bitcoin Holders Starting To Sell? Six Bitcoin wallets that had remained untouched for more than a decade moved a combined 553.59 BTC worth about $40 million between Aug. 16 and Aug. 26, reviving questions over whether some of the cryptocurrency’s earliest holders are beginning to cash out.The wallets were last active between 2011